I didn't like the movie at all, shallow, not entertaining, no message, nothing to take away, will be forgotten in 2 days.
The only thing that kept me in the theater and focused to the screen was, I was expecting to hear what was wrong with Frieda, and that was never revealed!
So, those of you who got it, WHY THE HECK no one wanted Frieda? What was wrong with her?
L O L ! ! Sergey, I have just returned home from watching this snooze-fest, and wondered the same thing ! In fact, I couldn't wait to get home just so that I could go on this message-board in hopes that someone would comment on WHAT THE HELL WAS WRONG WITH FRIEDA, that she couldn't get a husband ? It's not like all the girls were ravishing and she was homely. She was as pretty as anyone, and as sweet as anyone. Do you think maybe this film was based on a book, and it might be explained in the book? Maybe it will also explain why the Aunt was armless....
shareI figure it was because Frieda was older. She kept being passed over, and maybe men thought that she was being skipped over for a reason.
But she found a guy.
I felt this way, too--that Frieda's most beautiful/most marriageable time had gone by already (Hasidic women marry quite young, as I understand; the men, too), and she'd probably been rejected by a number of men, which would certainly be the reason why she looked bitter and sad, holding her arms around herself in a protective manner, since she'd been hurt so much. I felt that her whisper to Shira, that Yorchay was meant for her, not Shira, had quite a hint of a threat in it; Shira looked stricken after that. The actress who played Frieda is a very pretty woman; they made her up to look older and somewhat haggard.....from the fear of actually being an "old maid", like her armless auntie.
I didn't think I'd like this movie, but it grew on me. Just didn't like that darn baby screaming all the time!
Though I understood what the director was trying to say, I could not help but feel the widower went with a younger more supposedly prettier woman for his sexual gratification. He already had been married and had a kid. The more older experienced woman in life's issues could have made not only the better mother but lover and wife as well.
shareI think she represented women, like Shira aunt, who was just passed over. There was nothing wrong with them. They just wasnt chosen.
shareI could not help but feel the widower went with a younger more supposedly prettier woman for his sexual gratificationIf this were so then he would not have balked at the thought of marrying her and neither would he have asked such searching questions about herself and her motives. In fact it's clear that he viewed Shira initially as a 'young girl'. That was a leitmotif in their relationship and conversations.
The distance is nothing. The first step is the hardest.share
Films are reluctant to show that most men want the babe. It makes no difference what race or nationality. They may go with tradition in some cases but it is a natural trait for men to choose young over old and attractiveness over plain.
Of course this is off topic, but when coupled with men in natural form I took this into consideration. He may have asked questions that may have shown he was different but his natural instincts made him less tolerable of her flaws. She was what he wanted despite all else.
He may have asked questions that may have shown he was different but his natural instincts made him less tolerable of her flaws. She was what he wanted despite all else.
I could not help but feel the widower went with a younger more supposedly prettier woman for his sexual gratification.
First off, I loved the film and it was not at all shallow even if not to everyone's taste.
I think a legend had grown around Frieda that meant the men avoided her for no sound reason. She became the one to be avoided, or may be never considered. From what the audience sees there's nothing wrong with her.
The distance is nothing. The first step is the hardest.share
Yep, I think the idea of 'legend' may be the key.
I thought it was interesting that Shira was rejected after her sister died, I wondered if somehow the family was seen as cursed, or unfavoured for some reason because of that, maybe with a religious aspect to the rejection as well (rejected by God etc). If that is the case, then any minor causes could have become escalated over time, to the point that she was no longer even considered.
No way is this shallow - I was stunned at the end of the film, not having had much idea of what to expect, just a recommendation. The whole cinema, unusually, stayed put till the end of the credits. Fascinating, thoughtful, and thought provoking
As the movie shows there aren't that many opportunities, and she probably froze out a few willing suitors like Shira did, and then interest dried up as she got old
shareBecause she was ugly as fvck. Besides, she looked desperate to have a man and had such a bitter look, which would have put many potential candidates off. However, in the end she got the old pervert that didn't have much choice, so I think she still was quite lucky considering her poor initial chances.
shareWasn't Frieda the daughter of the armless aunt? Seems they were linked together a lot. This wasn't really clear to me, but I wondered if this was the case, couldn't her rejection be linked to why the aunt was armless? Talk about a curse...having an armless mother in law wouldn't be too appealing and may be considered a family curse from God.
shareThe aunt had never married
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